No Substitutes for the Bigshots' Dream Girl Anymore!-Chapter 1931: Hayes Edwards Extra (88)

"If you dare to go, I’ve heard that the department beauty confessed to him last week and got rejected, she cried immediately, and Hayes Edwards didn’t even give a second glance."

"If the department beauty has no chance, then we definitely don’t either."

"Don’t look down on yourself like that, what if he accidentally falls for someone like you?"

"...You better just shut up."

"Forget it, someone like Hayes Edwards is only to be admired from afar. Anyway, no one can have him now, which is just fine."

A few girls murmured to each other and finally decided to go up together to say hello so that it wouldn’t be too awkward if the conversation fell flat.

But just as they were ready to go over, they saw Hayes Edwards run straight past them.

He was so fast, it was as if he were chasing someone, and by the time they looked again, he was already inside the elevator.

Hayes Edwards thought he must have been seeing things.

Otherwise, how could he have seen Grace Winter in this place?

In four years, he had already forgotten about Grace Winter. What did it matter if they were childhood sweethearts or if they had known each other for twelve years, it was all things of the past.

The year she left without saying goodbye, Hayes Edwards was seventeen, and Grace Winter was fifteen.

They were still in the youthful and rebellious phase.

He hurried down the stairs, looking at the bustling street, and found himself ridiculous.

It was just a blurry side profile after all.

He sometimes even began to doubt if Grace Winter really existed in his memories, and occasionally thought that the person who had followed him around since childhood could also be lost.

No one would stay behind him forever.

But when he was very young, he really naively believed that Grace Winter would always follow him around.

He used to call Grace Winter silly, but the truly foolish one was himself.

This—liar.

The phone in his pocket vibrated; it was a call from his roommate, "Hayes Edwards, where have you gone? We’re looking for you to play pool, come quickly."

"Got it." Hayes Edwards hung up the phone and turned back upstairs.

This year, the hype of the talent show had just passed; Hayes Edwards was no longer a contestant on stage, nor could he even be considered an audience member anymore.

It’s like something changed course halfway, a train switching tracks heading in another direction where there are different sceneries and different people.

A girl dragging her suitcase returned the way she came, stood by the roadside, and was making a call on her phone, "I booked the wrong ticket and flew to the neighboring province, I’ll buy a ticket to head over tomorrow. I’ll find a hotel to stay at, I have GPS if I don’t know the way, Grandma, I can take care of myself, I’m not a child anymore... okay, in your eyes, I’m always a child, I’ll call you later, bye."

As she hung up the call, a vacant taxi came by, and she quickly waved it down.

Seeing it was a young girl with luggage, the driver parked and got out to help with the luggage.

The winter street was swept by cold winds, she was wrapped in a fluffy scarf, and when she smiled, her eyes curved like crescent moons with sweet dimples on her cheeks.

She thanked the driver.

Then opened the door and got into the car.

On the second floor, Hayes Edwards only had time to see a silhouette before the car door closed, and the car drove away.

"Hayes Edwards, it’s your turn."

He came over, glanced at the layout on the pool table, then took the cue from the side, bent down, aimed, his movements skilled yet somewhat careless.

It’s like his thoughts weren’t completely on this game.

Even so, after a few seconds of aiming, the 5-ball still landed accurately in the pocket.

The day after this gathering was when the school officially started the holiday.